Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13139, Benjamin Gilbert, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Gilbert Benjamin
S. 13139
Continental
Carded
CONTENTS

N 653 Connecticut
Benjamin Gilbert of Middletown in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Blackman of the Reg t commanded by Ed Sherburne in the Rhode Island Continental line for
Three years + Conn. Troops.
Entered on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per ann y to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Octo 1832 and sent to Hon. H. L. Dorr, Middletown
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept 1832  120     33  40     160   
Claim, } 332. }

Benjamin Gillett.
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Middletown Conn. at the U. S. Branch Bank
Recorded

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex Town of Middletown August 1 st A.D. 1832 Clerks Office of the County Court for said County I John Fisk Clerk of said County Court hereby Certify that William L. Storrs signer of the foregoing Certificate is a Justice of the Peace for said County & has the signature to said Certificate is his genuine signature. In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Signature & the Seal of said Court the day & year last above written.
Jno Fisk Clk

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Benjamin Gilbert late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Eleventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
H. Calhoun Secretary of War.

I Benjamin Gilbert of the town of Middletown in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, do make the following declaration under oath, viz -
That on the 11 th day of May A D 1819 I was placed on the pension roll of the United States under the act of March 18 th 1818; and in the year 1820, was struck from the same, on account of property, as I understood - That at the time of my first application my place of residence was & it still is & ever has been the said town of Middletown - That in the year 1776 I served six months, in the company commanded by Capt. Churchill, and the regiment commanded by Col. Comfort Sage, in the Connecticut State troops - That in the Spring of 1777, I enlisted for three years as a private in the Continental Army, in the Company commanded by Capt. Elijah Blackman, under Lieut. Col. Return J. Meigs, & Col. Henry Sherbourne, & served for said  the period of three years; and for

further particulars I would refer to the Documents & papers, accompanying my first application, now on file at the War Department — Dated at Middletown aforesaid, the second day of August AD 1832.
Benjamin Gilbert
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
Town of Middletown Augt 1 st 1832
Then & there personally appeared Benjamin Gilbert signer of the above statement & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
before me William G Storrs Justice of the Peace

General Accounting office reported over phone January 20-1930-
Benjamin Gilbert - died May 11-1846 in Middletown, Conn., leaving no widow, but two sons survived him - Timothy & Orin
Over. January 20-1930

Rev. War.
13139 INVALID.
Rev. War.
File No. 13.139
Benjamin Gilber
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.491
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Connecticut
Benjamin Giller of Middletown in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sherburn of the Continental line, for the term of Three Years & Conn. Troops.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of September 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of May 1819 and sent to Stephen Titus Hosmer Esq. Middletown Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. 46.36
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819. 48.00
5 Mo: \frac{20}{30} \frac{4}{31}
$94.36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

He
had been that Bravely Compt. Vol.
has in 1750
Regt have for Three Years the Term of his Engagement As a good And Faithfull Soldier, and is hereby Discharged from the Service with Reputation
In all Concerned
Abijah Sawin Col. M c arnest Regt.

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
On this 11 th day of September 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Benjamin Gilbert aged fifty eight years, resident in Middletown in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Benjamin Gilbert on the 17 th day of April 1777 enlisted in Middletown in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Elias Blackman, of and in the regiment commanded by Col. Reuben Sherburne and in the brigade commanded by
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 17 th day of April 1780, when he was discharged from service in Middletown state of New Jersey, that he was in the battles of Rhode Island. That his estate is worth about Five Thousand Five Hundred dollars, & that he has a wife & seven children to support, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. This discharge is left with the subscriber for transmission.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
S. Fitz Williams
B.
I, Stephen Fitz Williams Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Benjamin Gilbert did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Connecticut, ss. Middletown September 11 th 1818 S. Fitz Williams
The appearance of his country for support

State of Connecticut p. Middletown
C On the 11 th day of September 1818, before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appear Nathaniel Connell and Samuel Savage both of Middletown aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, do, in their Oaths, declare & say, That they are neighbors of the said Benjamin Gilbert the signor of the preceding declaration in Oath, & well acquaint- -ed with his family and circumstances; -- That the said Benjamin has a wife & seven Children to Duplicates, and that his estate is worth, in Real Estate, Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars only . . . . . Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid. -- J. B. Mansfield
State of Connecticut p. Middletown
D On the 11 th day of September 1818, before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appear Abijah Savage of said Midd- -town, who being by me first duly sworn ac- -cording to Law, do, in his Oath, de- -clare & say, That he is well acquainted with Benjamin Gilbert of said Middletown, That the said Benjamin was a Soldier in the Revolutionary army & served faithfully three years . . . . .

years, & that on the 17 th day of April 1780 the said Benjamin was discharged from the army by a discharge under the hand of Abijah Savage, then Capt. Commanding of Col. Sherburne's Regiment. Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid. Hiter Wormer.
State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
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ON this 11 th day of September 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Jesse Peck of Middletown in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Benjamin Gilbert of Middletown aforesaid the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he, the said Jesse Peck was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. Abijah Savage, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Sherburne from 1 st of January 1777 to 17 th of April 1780; that Benjamin Gilbert aforesaid was a private in the Company of Capt. Elijah Blackman in the Regiment aforesaid from April of the year 1777 to the 17 th of April 1780 when he was duly discharged from the Service - - Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid. Hiter Wormer.
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.

A State of Connecticut ss. Middletown.
On this 11 th September 1848 I Stephen Titus
Wormer Surge as aforesaid do testify, —
That I am personally acquainted with Nathaniel Lovewell, Samuel Savage, Abi- jah Savage and Jesse Peck all of Mid- -dleton aforesaid, the persons who made the preceding declarations on oath; and that they are all of them men of character & worthy of belief. —
Stephen Titus

I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify; That the Honorable Stephen Titus Hosmer of Middletown in the State aforesaid is one of the Judges of the said Court, & that his name subscribed to the preceding declarations & certificates marked A. B. C. D. E. F. is his proper handwriting, & signature. --
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said Court, at Middletown aforesaid on this 11 th day of September 1818.
John Fisk Clerk